EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPICE CARE ORIENTATION IN THE LIGHT OF A CONFUCIAN VIEW OF LIFE AND DEATH

ABSTRACT

THIS DISSERTATION IS A COMPREHENSIVE ACADEMIC EXAMINATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPLEX HISTORICAL PROGRESS WITHIN THE PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT IN MACAU PROTESTANT CHURCHES. SINCE MACAU HOSTED THE FIRST PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MISSIONARY, THOMAS J. MCINTOSH, WHO ENTERED CHINA IN 1907, THE HISTORY OF THE PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT IN MACAU LACKS A CONSISTENT AND SYNTHESIZED RESEARCH UNTIL NOW. THUS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESOURCES HAVE BEEN ANALYZED AND RECONSTRUCTED AND HISTORICALLY INTERPRETED TO GAIN A BETTER AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT WITHIN MACAU’S PROTESTANT CHURCHES FROM THE BEGINNING UP TO THE PRESENT DAY. THIS ACADEMIC REVIEW MAKES AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MACAU WITH RESPECT TO ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND WILL FILL THE GAP IN KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE GLOBAL CHURCH HISTORY OF THE PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT. KEY WORDS: CHARISMATIC, CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA, HISTORY OF MISSIONARIES IN CHINA, MACAO, MACAU, PENTECOSTALISM, PROTESTANT, T. J. MCINTOSH